Shaina right now at 6 00, we are counting down to the rose bowl. This morning, theres less than a day and a half to go. Well show you what hawkeye fans in pasadena were up to yesterday plus a look ahead at some of , todays festivities all leading up to the grand daddy of them all. Also this morning, its new years eve. How Law Enforcement is stepping up to keep people safe, as they get out to celebrate 2016. Good morning and happy new years eve. It is 6 00 on thursday, december 31st. Metinka at least the weather has settled down, but we will still need the warm coats. It is 24 in des moines and we are one of the warmer spots in the state. The wind chill is 11. The main roads are looking great. The side streets are still a little snowy. It feels like zero across western iowa. Cold air spreading in. Cloud cover will be heading off to the east, replaced by some falling temperatures. So bundle up as you are heading out. Shaina this morning, were one day closer. The rose bowl is now only one
Im Jodi Whitworth in for lynn. Nicole underwood graduated from East High School in des moines and was senior at the university of iowa. She had hopes of going to graduate school in illinois to be closer to her boyfriend. Thats where she was headed yesterday when the bus she was riding in lost control and hit a road sign she was the only passenger killed. Mike dasilva joins us now with more. Mike, you spoke with some of the girls closest friends. Nicole underwood was home for the holidays and got to spend her final days with her family. They even were with her as she boarded the bus. To say goodbye. Tonight, some of her family members and a close shared some of their fondest memories of nicole and told me what kind of person she was. 17 28 24 we were at the bus station and i think we were joking about all the celebrity look alikes that were going to be on the bus nicole underwoods brothers say chicago. She was going to see her boyfriend and celebrate the new year with him. 17 28 3751 wh
Claire bam jack, while investigating that attempted robbery, Guthrie County deputies checked other nearby farms for clues. Thats when they noticed a carcass on the side of the road. Then tire tracks. Then a blood trail leading to the butchered cow. And as warning, some of the photos and video were about to show are graphic. On Christmas Morning, Keith Partlow was doing chores getting ready for family christmas. Until his phone rang. We got a call from the Sheriffs Office Christmas Morning saying they found a gate open the Guthrie County sheriff had been investigating a nearby robbery when off the road they noticed an open gate, a blood trail, then this. One of partlows cows. Shot, beheaded, sawed in half. Ive never seen this with only the front half left behind. Struck by lightening and pasture oculdnt find. This is the first time for a butcher thats taken place in a pasture partlow, who raises cattle with his family, says 40 years ago he remembers an incident like this. But not today.
Would still be on schedule. That is if the weather holds up. And their people are expecting things to stay clear and dry. So good news for many hawkeye fans. A florist from eastern iowa has already made his way to pasadena. Hes facing off against some of the best in the country. In the tournament of roses parade. Laurel hollopeter is a floral designer for the dole float. This is the eighth times hes helped with the floats. This years 55foot long dole float has a tropical theme. With over 30thousand flowers. Prepping containers, prepping flowers, stuff like that. We have to reprocess all the flowers to make sure they hold up for the length of time when were putting them on. So, monday will probably be the first day that we put a lot of flowers on the float. Float included an acrobatic element. It actually features a zipline. You can catch the 2016 rose parade right here on channel 13 friday morning at ten am. This is just the beginning of our rose bowl coverage here at five. A little la